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i was just reading the 'Quiet is the new loud' article and some of the comments. anyway i'm just wondering how common/how likely something like that happening is. is it just really bad luck or what? i've been to see MBV twice and i didn't even have ringing in my ears afterwards. are some people's eardrums more resilient or what?

My cd player ages ago only worked at zero and full blast volumes. so my ringing in my right ear stareted from that. The nshellac and a practice session without ear plugs while having an ear infection sealed my fate.

I guess it depends on where you stand too. If you saw MBV while at the back 3 times then you probably were ok. I've found that's true for me anyways. But I remember reading somewhere (could be totally wrong though) it's to do with rips in the inside of your ear that creates the ringing. So people whom have it permanently have ears that didn't heal up well enough. But most the time your ears will heal up alright. So it's abit of a luck of the draw really.

I was pretty much fine hearing wise until I stood at the barrier for dinosaur jr at the explosions atp. I was right in front of J's circle of amps thing. Couldn't hear anything properly on the sunday at atp. Brought some ER20s for going to gigs after that, but my ears were really fucked up from that I think. Still get ringing when I go to bed at nights.

I remember reading a forum somewhere on tinnitus & the number of times J Mascis is mentioned as giving someone hearing damage is pretty crazy.

But at the roundhouse we were standing in front of the stack of amps at MBV last year. Even with the ER20s my ears still rang. I found my ears went a little funny at lightning bolt at nbc 2 weeks ago too. I was right down the front again. There's a lesson I should learn from in there somewhere.

i only noticed earlier this year that i had permanent tinnitus as living in london it was just drowned out till i went back to the country and the quiet. but it was after a band rehearsal in the summer that i was too lazy to stick my plugs in that have completely fucked my hearing. makes it hard to sleep. lots of different explanations for what actually happens - apparently its permanent damage to small hairs in the ear canal that cannot be regenerated. definitely planning to get some moulded plugs made in the new year. i'm pretty sure that regular tube use is clinically bad for your hearing and i now realise how stupidly loud the city is.